US 12,244,520 B2
Network service integration into a network fabric of a data center
Jason Anthony Lochhead, Frisco, TX (US); Manikandan Subramanian, Flower Mound, TX (US); David Hess, Arlington, TX (US); Michael Andra Ballard, Coppell, TX (US); and Adam Scott Wayne, Keller, TX (US)
Filed by Cyxtera Data Centers, Inc., Coral Gables, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,909.
Application 17/895,909 is a continuation of application No. 16/695,734, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,431,654.
Application 16/695,734 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/442,997, filed on Jun. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,374,879, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417182 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 49/354 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/54 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 49/20 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 49/354 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/5691 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 49/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
causing a display, in a user interface of a client device, of a plurality of service provider options and a plurality of service options to be provided by each service provider of the plurality of service provider options;
receiving, by a first computing device and from the client device, a first selection of a first service provider from the plurality of service provider options and a second selection of a first service from the plurality of service options to be provided by the first service provider,
wherein the first service provider providing the first service is a different provider than a data center provider of a data center;
in response to receiving the first selection, sending, by the first computing device to a second computing device associated with the first service provider, first data regarding establishing a connection over a network fabric of the data center for providing access to the first service by a server associated with the client device that is mounted in a rack of the data center,
wherein the connection is to be established between the second computing device and the server associated with the client device, and
receiving, by the first computing device and from the second computing device, a confirmation to proceed with establishing the connection;
in response to receiving the confirmation to proceed with the establishing of the connection, creating at least one virtual network in the network fabric as part of the connection according to a policy specified by the second computing device, and grouping the at least one virtual network according to a function type of the at least one virtual network; and
connecting, in response to receiving the confirmation, the at least one virtual network to the server of the rack associated with the client device by configuring a top-of-rack switch of the rack to connect the top-of-rack switch to the at least one virtual network so that the server of the rack associated with the client device can access the first service via the top-of-rack switch such that the first service is integrated into services of the data center.